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CONNECT APP

Build with GitLab

GitLab is the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform.

Developer Tools

  • OAuth

MCP

Give your agent GitLab tools

Every GitLab action is exposed as an MCP tool on Pipedream's remote server. Point a client at it with your end user's ID and Connect resolves that user's GitLab account for each tool call — you store no tokens.

// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
  new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
  {
    requestInit: {
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
        "x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
        "x-pd-environment": "production",
        "x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
        "x-pd-app-slug": "gitlab",
      },
    },
  },
)

const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)

const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()

// e.g. run Approve Merge Request:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
  name: "gitlab-approve-merge-request",
  arguments: {
    projectId: "Project",
    mergeRequestIid: 10,
  },
})

API PROXY

Call the GitLab API directly

For an endpoint with no pre-built tool, the Connect proxy forwards your request to the GitLab API with the connected user's credentials attached. You store no tokens and write no refresh logic.

const resp = await pd.proxy.get({
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  accountId: "apn_xxxxxxx",
  url: "https://api.example.com/v1/me",
})

// Any allowed GitLab endpoint works here. Pipedream attaches the
// connected account's credentials to the outgoing request.

SDK

Run GitLab actions from your backend

Connect a user's GitLab account once, then run Approve Merge Request on their behalf from your own code — TypeScript, Python, or plain HTTP.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "gitlab-approve-merge-request",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    gitlab: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    projectId: "Project",
    mergeRequestIid: 10,
  },
})

TOOLS

GitLab actions

On-demand operations your product or agent can configure and run on behalf of a connected user.

MULTI-APP

Use GitLab with other popular apps

Most products don't stop at one integration. Pair GitLab with the other apps your users rely on, and ship use cases that span both.

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REFERENCE

App details

Reference metadata for the GitLab connector in the Pipedream registry.

App slug
gitlab
Authentication
OAuth
Categories
Developer Tools
Actions
28
Triggers
10
API proxy
Available

OAuth scopes

These are the scopes Pipedream's managed GitLab OAuth client requests when one of your users connects an account. Supply your own OAuth client to request a different set.

  • api
  • read_user
  • read_repository
  • write_repository
  • read_registry
  • sudo
  • openid
  • profile
  • email